all electric old apartment

ButtercupDaisies

All electric apartment, no gas

Built 1880s

2 bed, top floor, 55 sqm

EPC E - 

Very poor - main heating (electric boilers & radiators)

Very poor - hot water (electric immersion standard tariff)

Everything else is good/very good 

I really like the apartment but I am worried it'll cost a fortune in winter - should I run a mile? 

I am fairly cold blooded - I like it about 19 degrees and then I just layer up 

Robin9

Do the radiators look like water filled ?

Run

molerat

ButtercupDaisies said:

Very poor - main heating (electric boilers & radiators)

 

Does it have an open fireplace ?  If it does you could burn £10 notes to keep warm, it will be cheaper.

Seriously though, likely the most expensive form of heating possible.

Gerry1

Is the 'boiler' merely a hot tank with an immersion heater or two?  If so that's not catastrophic, but a real electric boiler with a pump driving wet radiators is a humongous red flag.  Much the same for electric panel heaters, you'd soon be bankrupt.

A heatpump would probably be impractical as well as expensive to install, ditto an oil boiler, so Night Storage Heaters are about all that would be realistic.  Modern High Heat Retention ones such as Dimplex Quantum are probably the least worst option.  Not cheap to buy but if already present might just make the property worth considering.

ButtercupDaisies

Robin9 said:

Do the radiators look like water filled ?

Run

What does that "look like"?

CSI_Yorkshire

ButtercupDaisies said:

Robin9 said:

Do the radiators look like water filled ?

Run

What does that "look like"?

There will be pipes.

ButtercupDaisies

CSI_Yorkshire said:

ButtercupDaisies said:

Robin9 said:

Do the radiators look like water filled ?

Run

What does that "look like"?

There will be pipes.

looks like this:

CSI_Yorkshire

ButtercupDaisies said:

CSI_Yorkshire said:

ButtercupDaisies said:

Robin9 said:

Do the radiators look like water filled ?

Run

What does that "look like"?

There will be pipes.

looks like this:

That's a normal 'wet' (so water-filled) radiator.

ButtercupDaisies

CSI_Yorkshire said:

ButtercupDaisies said:

CSI_Yorkshire said:

ButtercupDaisies said:

Robin9 said:

Do the radiators look like water filled ?

Run

What does that "look like"?

There will be pipes.

looks like this:

That's a normal 'wet' (so water-filled) radiator.

Is that the most expensive type?

ButtercupDaisies

I should point out that the EPC for this apartment is 3200 kWh a year (this apartment is top floor).

The apartment directly underneath (ground floor) is 5200 kWh a year (poor floor insulation).

Robin9

@ButtercupDaisies

I if it was me I'd take that EBC with a huge pinch of salt.     Some 2000 kWh + of that is your base load  - cooking, water heating, lighting, PC's  etc etc.     If you do decide  to go ahead keep a close eye on those meter reads.

Particularly note the tariff - you don't want to be on E7.